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Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego's proposal to let "dreamers" serve in the military was shot down by the House of Representatives yesterday. The House voted 221-202 in favor of an amendment proposed by Republican Congressman Mo Brooks, of Alab...

At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert's own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we'll take care of the rest. 10. Charges: Forgery It...

A Phoenix man survived repeatedly stabbing and slicing open his own neck with a knife last Friday, as police were attempting to arrest him. According to court documents obtained by New Times, the Phoenix Police Department's auto-theft unit was kee...

A think tank that keeps tabs on higher-education funding says that Arizona remains the leader in tuition hikes and state funding decreases in 2015. Arizona already was the "leader" in both categories in 2014, according to the Center on Budget...

In a political meet-up in Tempe that included Arizona's Senate President and a former county sheriff, the leader of an anti-government group declared that Senator John McCain should be put on trial for treason, then “hung by the neck until dead." ...

A Phoenix woman is accused of faking cancer so she could get a taxpayer-funded, late-term abortion, authorities say. The Arizona Attorney General's Office just filed several felony charges against the woman, who got the abortion more than five yea...